Portable composite apparatus and method of controlling photographing modes

1. A portable composite apparatus, comprising: a decision unit to decide whether current time information is included in a time range corresponding to a current photographing mode by referring to a prestored time information table; and an operation control unit to change priority levels of a plurality of selectable photographing modes based on the decision result from the decision unit and the time information table, wherein the operation control unit changes the priority levels of the photographing modes to sequence the photographing modes in a photographing mode setting menu in accordance with the priority levels of the photographing modes, and sequences a toggle sequence of shortcut icons of the photographing modes in accordance with the priority levels of the photographing modes through a shortcut operation on a screen being photographed.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein: the decision unit decides whether the current photographing mode is a basic mode; and the operation control unit changes the current photographing mode to the basic mode if the decision unit has decided that a current time information is not included in a time range corresponding to the current photographing mode and that the current photographing mode is not the basic mode.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, if the decision unit has decided that the current photographing mode is the basic mode, the operation control unit controls the current photographing mode to be the basic mode without any change, and by referring to the time information table, changes the priority levels of the photographing modes to the priority levels of the photographing modes corresponding to the time range which includes the current time information.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the time information table contains the time range, photographing mode information, and the priority levels of photographing modes, the photographing mode information including at least one of dawn, morning/noon, afternoon, and night, and a basic mode including at least one of auto mode and manual mode.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: a time information providing unit to output the current time information by using a real-time clock IC or an oscillator.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein if the priority levels of the photographing modes are changed, the operation control unit controls at least one of a message and a icon to be displayed to notify that photographing mode information corresponding to the priority levels of the photographing modes have been changed.

7. A method of controlling a photographing apparatus, comprising: deciding by referring to a prestored time information table whether current time information is included in a time range corresponding to a current photographing mode; and changing priority levels of a plurality of selectable photographing modes based on the decision result and the time information table, wherein the deciding operation involves deciding whether the current photographing mode is a basic mode, and the changing operation involves changing the current photographing mode to the basic mode, if the decision has been made that a current time information is not included it a time range corresponding to the current photographing mode and that the current photographing mode is not the basic mode.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the changing operation involves changing the priority levels of photographing modes to control photographing modes in a photographing mode setting menu to be sequenced in accordance with the priority levels of the photographing modes, and controlling a toggle sequence of shortcut icons of the photographing modes to be sequenced in accordance with the priority levels of the photographing modes through a shortcut operation on a screen being photographed.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein, if the decision has been made that the current photographing mode is the basic mode, the changing operation involves controlling the current photographing mode to be the basic mode without any change and changing, in reference to the time information table, the priority levels of the photographing modes to the priority levels of the photographing modes corresponding to the time range which includes the current time information.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the time information table contains the time range, the photographing mode information, and the priority levels of the photographing modes, the photographing mode information including at least one of dawn, morning/noon, afternoon, and night, and the basic mode including at least one of auto mode and manual mode.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising: outputting the current time information by using a real-time clock IC or an oscillator.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein if the priority levels of the photographing modes are changed, the changing operation involves controlling at least one of a message and an icon to be displayed to notify that photographing mode information corresponding to the priority levels of the photographing modes have been changed.

13. A portable composite apparatus, comprising: a storage unit to store a time information table; a time information providing unit to output current time information; and a control unit to set photographing modes in the portable composite apparatus with reference to the current time information received from the time information providing unit and the time information table in the storage unit to determine priority levels of a plurality of selectable photographing modes corresponding to the photographing modes, wherein the control unit determines whether a currently set photographing mode is a basic mode, and the control unit changes the current photographing mode to the basic mode if the control unit has determined that a current time information is not included in a time range corresponding to the current set photographing mode and that the current set photographing mode is not the basic mode.

14. The portable composite apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the time information table comprises: a time range; photographing mode information including at least one of dawn, morning/noon, afternoon, and night; and a plurality of priority levels corresponding to the photographing modes.

15. The portable composite apparatus of claim 13 , wherein time information providing unit comprises: an internal clock to generate the current time information.

16. A method of controlling photographing modes, the method comprising: storing a time information table in a storage unit; outputting current time information from a clock; and setting photographing modes in the portable composite apparatus with reference to the current time information and the time information table to determine priority levels of a plurality of selectable photographing modes corresponding to the photographing modes, wherein the setting photographing modes includes determining whether a currently set photographing mode is a basic mode, and changing the currently set photographing mode to the basic mode when it is determined that a current time information is not included in a time range corresponding to the currently set photographing mode and that the currently set photographing mode is not the basic mode.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the time information table comprises: a time range; photographing mode information including at least one of dawn, morning/noon, afternoon, and night; and a plurality of priority levels corresponding to the photographing modes.